Welcome to the Lionfish Hunter blog. Here you can post your lionfish comments, tell hunting stories, store data, and upload pictures and videos. Scientist at NOAA research center, government agencies in the Bahamas, U.S., and Bermuda will use the information in this blog for their ongoing research regarding the destructive lionfish invasion of the Caribbean, and Atlantic oceans. Email me your lionfish data ( lionfishhunter@me.com ) and I will be happy to post it here for you.

11/15/09

Here is a recent email and pictures from a couple of lionfish hunters fro Abaco.

We got twenty of them on November 4th. They were very concentrated on some rocks in the Sea of Abaco in relatively shallow water (6-12) off of Marsh Harbour, Bahamas. We did not see many on the reefs in the Atlantic...we shot one in the Atlantic on Oct 27th.

On November 4th we were targeting the lionfish specifically....after seeing some of the videos on Youtube and looking at your site, we decided to spend a day hunting them. I put on a temporaryLionFish Tattoo I had found on the internet before we left for the bahamas.

I wonder if Sharks or Grouper or large Snapper will be able to develop into Lionfish predators over time to establish a balance?

About Me (my mission)

I am an avid free diver who has been an integrall part of the island of Eleuthera Bahamas since 1989. About two years ago I was diving a favorite spot when I noticed a couple of lionfish for the first time. I thought to myself "how rare" this sighting was. Now they are everywhere. Subsequently I have done much research and found that these fish have no natural predators and are non-indigenous, prolific, and highly destructive to the eco system. My new mission in life is to inform the public and activate hunters to go out and kill as many of these fish as possible. This blog will serve as an information gathering site for this mission. To learn more, go to lionfishhunter.com . Please join the Lionfish Hunter community on Facebook and lets ALL work together to make a difference.